This is a third video of my flight to Costa Rica

[Oscar Avalle]

As I mentioned in one of my posts, I did not play well with the Costa Rican ATC. They gave me a clearance with a SID that I should not have accepted... but I thought that I would be able to do it. In any event this video shows me departing San Jose, Costa Rica. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the flight (despite my bad start with ATC).

 

[rbp]

9 miles to climb 5,000ft? that's pretty steep. i'm surprised they don't show the climb rate required. 

[Oscar Avalle]

1 hour ago, rbp said:

9 miles to climb 5,000ft? that's pretty steep. i'm surprised they don't show the climb rate required. 

Add to that, field elevation 3,048 feet, temperature 27 celsius and a 25 kts tailwind (plus downdraft from the hills)... impossible to climb 5,000 in 9 miles in a M20C with full tanks. So my mistake, I should have never accepted the SID. But I did... so ATC complained rightfully to me, but luckily I was VFR so they basically said ok... go ahead. I had done that flight before and they had given me a different SID, so I did not prepare myself for another SID. Lesson learned: do you homework, you are the PIC and if it does not work, then just say: unable.